chǒu = ch + ou3
shameful / ugly / disgraceful
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How to pronounce 醜

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ch initial

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ou3 final

In the outhouse’s living room.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

醜 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yǒu = y + ou3
10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
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guǐ = gu + ei3
ghost / demon / terrible / damnable / clever / sly / crafty / (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc) / one of the 28 constellations
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Characters with 醜 as component

醜 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 醜

shameful / scandalous / to be humiliated / to make a fool of sb or oneself / to make sb lose face
a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)

Sentences with 醜

醜 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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chǒu

shameful / ugly / disgraceful

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